Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India

E496651

correctional facility jail prison complex

Tihar Jail in New Delhi is India’s largest and most prominent high-security prison complex, housing a wide range of inmates including high-profile political figures and notorious criminals.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tihar Jail	2
Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5123370 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India
Context triple: [Satwant Singh, placeOfDeath, Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India]

A. Ambala Central Jail
Ambala Central Jail is a historic prison in Ambala, India, known among other things as the site of Nathuram Godse’s execution.
B. Ratnagiri prison
Ratnagiri prison is a colonial-era jail in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India, historically notable for confining Indian freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
C. Alipore Jail
Alipore Jail is a historic colonial-era prison in Kolkata, India, known for incarcerating prominent Indian freedom fighters during the struggle for independence.
D. Cellular Jail
Cellular Jail is a former British colonial prison in the Andaman Islands, infamous for housing Indian freedom fighters under brutal conditions and now preserved as a national memorial.
E. Lahore Central Jail, Lahore, British India
Lahore Central Jail in Lahore, British India, was a prominent colonial-era prison historically known as the site of several high-profile political executions during the Indian independence movement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India
Target entity description: Tihar Jail in New Delhi is India’s largest and most prominent high-security prison complex, housing a wide range of inmates including high-profile political figures and notorious criminals.

A. Ambala Central Jail
Ambala Central Jail is a historic prison in Ambala, India, known among other things as the site of Nathuram Godse’s execution.
B. Ratnagiri prison
Ratnagiri prison is a colonial-era jail in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India, historically notable for confining Indian freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
C. Alipore Jail
Alipore Jail is a historic colonial-era prison in Kolkata, India, known for incarcerating prominent Indian freedom fighters during the struggle for independence.
D. Cellular Jail
Cellular Jail is a former British colonial prison in the Andaman Islands, infamous for housing Indian freedom fighters under brutal conditions and now preserved as a national memorial.
E. Lahore Central Jail, Lahore, British India
Lahore Central Jail in Lahore, British India, was a prominent colonial-era prison historically known as the site of several high-profile political executions during the Indian independence movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	correctional facility ⓘ jail ⓘ prison complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tihar Ashram NERFINISHED ⓘ Tihar Central Jail NERFINISHED ⓘ Tihar Prisons NERFINISHED ⓘ
capacity	approximately 5200 inmates ⓘ
cityServed	Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
governingLaw	Delhi Prison Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ Prisons Act, 1894 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBrand	TJ’s NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalAidCell	yes ⓘ
hasLibrary	yes ⓘ
hasPart	Central Jail No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Jail No. 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tihar Jail Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ Tihar Jail Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ Tihar Jail School NERFINISHED ⓘ
holds	convicted prisoners ⓘ high-profile political prisoners ⓘ notorious criminals ⓘ undertrial prisoners ⓘ
inception	1957 ⓘ
locatedIn	Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	National Capital Territory of Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
nearbyPlace	Tihar Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	largest prison complex in India by inmate population ⓘ one of the largest prison complexes in South Asia ⓘ
numberOfJailsInComplex	9 ⓘ
operatedBy	Delhi Prisons Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalFunction	prison for minor offenders ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Delhi Prisons NERFINISHED ⓘ
rehabilitationPrograms	counselling services ⓘ educational programs ⓘ vocational training ⓘ
securityClassification	high-security prison ⓘ maximum security ⓘ
TJ’sSells	bakery products ⓘ furniture ⓘ handicrafts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Satwant Singh → placeOfDeath → Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India ⓘ

Satwant Singh → detainedAt → Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tihar Jail

Om Prakash Chautala → placeOfDetention → Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India ⓘ